Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Chapter 37. Ignatia's and Flor's chase.

After the fireball, the place it impacted didn't start burning as one might expect. While the fire was indeed a weakness for most plant creatures, thanks to levels and natural strength, they had some resistance to it. This made wildfires much more uncommon.

Her fireball understandably left a charred spot. Yet, the fire didn't spread. The resistance of the surrounding plants was more than enough to resist the spreading.

Ignatia's beautiful compound eyes caught the entirety of what happened before her, allowing her to detect even the slightest movement; adding to the extra senses her antennae gave her and the few scouts she had released to track them, Ignatia was quick to find them. "Hm? Are you fleeing? First, that dumb idiot Froorar, and now you. Do you think it is that easy to come and go from my nest!? Follow them! My children, today, you are eating human flesh!"

With a wave of her hand, hundreds of giant red ants surged out like a small tide from the nest, rushing through the forest in an eerily silent yet swift march.

Because ants communicated through smell most of the time, their fights, movements, and any action always seemed silent and cold, like machines built for that specific purpose.

Ignatia communicated with a few worker ants, telling them to send the Rose Fairy back to their territory, and then she rushed behind her army of children.

The Rose Fairy saw one of the Level 4 workers approach her and tilt her head a few times while clicking her mandibles. Speaking of which, because of Ignatia's unique skill, all the ants in her colony were female, which allowed her to have children without needing fertilization.

Regardless, the Rose Fairy, who was looking at the ant's gestures, couldn't help but giggle. "Hm... Although you are cute, I don't understand."

The worker ant stood there, speechless, literally and metaphorically.

After a few seconds of thinking, the worker ant turned sideways and lay on the ground, her head tilted a bit to look at the small fairy. The Rose Fairy blinked and understood, flapping her wings and landing on the ant's back. "Are we going somewhere?"

The worker ant began walking away with quick steps, and on the way, one of the warrior ants left behind to protect the nest followed them.

The Rose Fairy smiled and patted the ant's carapace. "Thank you~."

Once they arrived, the Rose Fairy on guard received them. "How did it go?"

The Level 3 Rose Fairy grinned. "Mommy Ignatia loved it!"

The other Rose Fairy blinked. "Mommy?"

"Ah." The Rose Fairy covered her mouth, her face gaining a blush. "I-I meant Chief Ignatia. Sorry."

The one speaking with her smirked with an amused smile, making that Rose Fairy even more embarrassed. With a slight stutter, she commented, quickly changing the subject. "A-Also, I think she is in trouble. We should tell the Queen! Chief Ignatia suddenly went out with a lot of warrior ants!"

Hearing her serious tone, the Rose Fairy receiving them quickly nodded. "Understood. Wait for a second. I'm going to speak with her."

Flor was resting on one of Liu Shu's branches, basking in the Sun, when she heard one Rose Fairy rush toward her. The buzzing sound of the quickly flapping wings created a very peculiar sound that was hard to confuse with anything else.

Flor opened her eyes and looked over. "What's wrong?"

The Rose Fairy was quick to answer. "Queen! I've received information that Chief Ignatia is about to start battling someone! She took out most of her army with the intention of doing so."